Gillmor Gang: Strange Days Indeed
The place we’re in, the valley of the dolls between the vote and the Inauguration, is overshadowed by the battle to save our lives. The vaccines look promising, and so does the persistence of the Trumpster to play his games. Somehow we have to live.....»»
We gave this ECOVACS robot vacuum and mop four stars — it’s $200 off today
As an early Prime Day Big Deal Days offer the ECOVACS DEEBOT T30S Combo is available at a huge discount. Our Digital Trends' review team gave it four stars......»»
Portugal battles ferocious wildfires as toll rises to seven
Thousands of firefighters on Tuesday battled wildfires in Portugal that have killed seven people and burnt more land in a matter of days than the rest of the summer combined......»»
Amazon just announced October’s Prime Big Deal Days return: Here are the dates and more
Amazon Prime Big Deal Days is back and it will be the biggest discount event in October, maybe the season. Find out all about it here and how to shop early......»»
Amazon kills remote working, tells workers to be in office 5 days a week
Hot-desking is out, assigned floor plans are in. Enlarge / Amazon fulfillment center in Las Vegas, Nevada. (credit: Getty Images | 4kodiak) Amazon has told staff they must return to the office five days a week from the s.....»»
Get back to the office, Amazon tells its workers
Amazon has told its employees to come to the office five days a week as it seeks to end the hybrid working style brought in as a result of the pandemic......»»
Deals: Official Apple iPhone 16 Camera Control cases down at $42, AirPods Pro 2 $60 off, iPad Air, and much more
Now just five days away from iPhone 16 deliveries kicking off, we are here to make sure all of the best deals on accessories are front and center. We spotted some early launch offers today on Spigen’s new iPod Classic-style iPhone 16 Pro Case and t.....»»
How one phone app uses your voice to detect high blood pressure
Smartphone apps can do a lot these days. But what if there was one that used your voice to detect high blood pressure? It's real, and it's very impressive......»»
Week in review: Veeam Backup & Replication RCE could soon be exploited, Microsoft fixes 4 0-days
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Veeam Backup & Replication RCE flaw may soon be leveraged by ransomware gangs (CVE-2024-40711) CVE-2024-40711, a critical vulnerability affecting Ve.....»»
Apple re-enables new ‘Tap to Provision’ feature in Apple Wallet ahead of iOS 18 release
After initially disabling the feature last week, Apple has brought back its new “Tap to Provision” feature in the Apple Wallet app in iOS 18, just two days before the wide release of the software. more….....»»
Backside breathing and pigeon bombers studies win Ig Nobel prizes
Mammals that can breathe through their backsides, homing pigeons that can guide missiles and sober worms that outpace drunk ones: these are some of the strange scientific discoveries that won this year's Ig Nobels, the quirky alternative to the Nobel.....»»
The best free TV shows on YouTube (September 2024)
Are you looking to stream television programs for free? The best free TV shows to watch on YouTube include My Strange Addiction, Iron Chef, and Broadchurch......»»
The strange laptop that finally took the idea of AI PCs seriously
There’s been a lot of talk about AI PCs this year. But so far, it’s been a lot of hype — and not much else. I’ve just returned from a trip to Berlin to see the powered by new chipsets from , AMD, and . Alongside many new produ.....»»
Climate change-triggered landslide unleashes a 650-foot mega-tsunami
In September 2023, scientists around the world detected a mysterious seismic signal that lasted for nine straight days. An international team of scientists, including seismologists Alice Gabriel and Carl Ebeling of UC San Diego's Scripps Institution.....»»
AI-based technique speeds up the analysis of fossils
Queensland Museum and James Cook University scientists are using AI to unlock the mysteries of our fossil past. The scientists have developed an AI-based technique that has sped up the analysis of fossils, taking a months-long process to just days. T.....»»
Microsoft fixes 4 exploited zero-days and a code defect that nixed earlier security fixes
September 2024 Patch Tuesday is here and Microsoft has delivered 79 fixes, including those for a handful of zero-days (CVE-2024-38217, CVE-2024-38226, CVE-2024-38014, CVE-2024-43461) exploited by attackers in the wild, and a Windows 10 code defect (C.....»»
Heavy rains trigger flooding in Myanmar border town
Days of rain have lashed the Myanmar town of Tachileik and triggered flooding that has knocked out power and telephone lines, a resident and local media said on Tuesday, with more rain forecast......»»
Tech stack uniformity has become a systemic vulnerability
Crashes due to faulty updates are nothing new; in fact, one reason IT teams often delay updates is their unreliability and tendency to disrupt the organization’s day-to-day operations. Zero-days are also an old phenomenon. In the past, due to a lac.....»»
This movie might just be 2024’s most unnerving action thriller
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, the Japanese director of Pulse and Cure, gets his visual mojo back with this strange action thriller about internet greed and wrath......»»
Evacuations ordered as wildfire burns in foothills of national forest east of LA
Evacuations were ordered Saturday as a wildfire scorched the foothills of a national forest east of Los Angeles, amid a days-long heat wave that pushed temperatures into the triple digits across the region......»»
Apple Card offering two new ways to earn a $200 cash back bonus
After last month’s Apple Card offers ended a few days ago, the company is now testing two new offers for cardholders to earn $200 in Daily Cash, both for new and existing customers. more….....»»